Mechanical movement for converting motion



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PATENT LOUIS A. BRENER, OF

MECHANICAL MOVEMENT F SANDWICH, ILLINOIS.

OR CONVERTING MOTION.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 425,534, dated April 15, 1890.

Application filed December 26, 1889- Serial No. 334,973 (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LOUIS A. BRENER, acitizen of the United States, residing at Sandwich, in the county of De Kalb and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements .in Mechanical Movements for Converting Motion; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the leta part of this specification.

The special object of the invention is to produce a mechanical movement by which the reciprocating pump-rod of a windmill may impartrotary motion for driving other machines.

' The invention will first be described in con ncction with the drawings, and then pointed out in the claim.

Figure l of the drawings is an elevation in perspective; Fig. 2, a plan view, partly in sec tion; and Fig. 3, a detail perspective View of the coil-spring with the pivoted spring-pawl upon its end.

In the drawings, A represents a vertical plate having cogs on each of its opposite edges and provided with the arms a a a. The arm a passes through the guide a in the upright frame J and connects with the pump-rod of a windmill, which moves it up and down. On the lower end of the rack-plate the arms a a pass through the frame-guides a. a

O C are two pinions keyed to the ends of the shafts D D and rotating them as they The shafts D D are j ournaled in and extend across the frame J, so that the pinions O C may be rotated by the rack-plate A. On each of the shafts D is made fast one end of a heavy coil spring F, whose free end extends out a little beyond the outer edge of the ratchet-Wheel E, which is fast concentrically upon the side of the spur-wheel E. This spring F has on its end a carrying-pawl f, which is held to the ratchet by a small spring f.

To the rotary shaft G,- jonrnaled in and ex tending across the frame J, is keyed a pinion H, which meshes with both of the oppositelyplaced spur-wheels E E. On the same shaft G is also made fasta balance-wheel I.

The operation is as follows: The reciprocating rack-plate A oscillates the wheels O O, which actuate the shafts D D, while the pawls f alternately carry the spur-wheels E a halfrevolution, one as the rack-plate moves up and the other as the rack-plate moves down, thus causing the pinion H to revolve continuously with the shaft G and balance-wheel I.

At the start and termination of the up and down strokes of the rack-plate A there is a sudden momentary stop and start,whicl1 tends to give an unsteady motion to the windmill;

but I prevent this by the use of the springs F p .pawls ff, as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signaturein presence of two witnesses.

LOUIS A. BRENER. \Vitnesses:

O. K. Lnnnnn, Aucusr Banner It is hereby certified that the name of the patentee in Letters Patent No, 425,531, granted April 15, 1890, for an improvement in Mechanical Movements for Converting Motion, was erroneously Written and printed Louis A. Brener, whereas said name should have been written and printed Louis A. Brewer,- and that the said Letters Patent should be read with this correction therein that the same may conform to the I record of the casein the Patent Office.

Signed, countersigned, and sealed this 13th day of May, A. D. 1890.

[SEAL] CYRUS BUSSEY,

Assistant Secretary of the Interior.

0 ountersigned (3. TE. MITCHELL,

Cmmn-issioner 0f Pct-tents. 

